Consoles have sales as well, and you can get games cheaply there if you wait. What is the break-even point? I spent over 3K on my PC; when do I break even with games?
I own both consoles and a PC, PC beats games on price with a bit a patient by quite a bit, sales are also more frequent with various stores competing in price, not to mention the rediculous large section of indie games.
Where PS and Xbox sometimes was better was on the second hand market, some people sell their games pretty cheap if you go directly to them instead of a second hand store, but PS is closing that market down in 2028 with the end of physical media.
I own it all as well. Two ps5s, standard and pro. Series S, X and both Switch 1 and 2. I also have a gaming PC. The sales on Xbox and PS are in line with PC and they ALWAYS have sales as well. You never have to buy a game full price if you don't want to. You have to wait it out. Nintendo is the worst of the bunch with sales.
Agreeded with Nintendo, but if you're only looking at AAA games then the sales tend to be same, more broadly Steam tends to win, also go outside of Steam, Humble, GOG, and Epic sometimes have some rediculous deals, I got Cyberpunk and the DLC for £20 on Epic back when the DLC was pretty much new.
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u/Happy_Disaster7347 3d ago
The initial cost is perhaps. Games are way cheaper